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  Tourism | 3/4/2026

  The expenditure of international tourists exceeds 7,800 M€ in January, 9.3% more
  

  The number of international tourists in the first month of the year amounts to 5.1 million, an increase of 1.2% compared to 2025 The average expenditure per traveller and daily expenditure also increased significantly in January: the first amounted to 1,522 euros, 8.1% more, and the second is 7.3% up to 177 euros The Canary Islands was the community most visited by tourists in January, with 1.4 million, followed by Catalonia and C. de Madrid Among the main markets, United Kingdom grows 3.3% while France and Germany decrease. For its part, the Asian market increases by 8% and from the US tourists come by 3.4% more In the month of January, the increase in the spending of international tourists was 8.2 percentage points higher than the increase in the number of foreign visitors.
  

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  Tourism | 3/3/2026

  Spain leads the ITB in Berlin as the main destination for German tourism

  Germany is the second tourist market for Spain in terms of expenditure, air passengers and overnight stays In 2025 we received 12 million German tourists, maximum historical, who spent the record figure of 15.8 billion Minister Hereu has presented the Spain Tourism Strategy 2030, recently endorsed by the European Commission, to ministers from leading European tourism countries as well as to CEOs of tourism companies attending the ITB trade fair, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year The ITB trade fair is one of the key events in the tourism sector, alongside Fitur and the World Travel Market in London. This year, Spain has approximately 200 exhibitors among hotels, chains, agencies and other companies in the tourism sector

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  Tourism | 2/26/2026

  Spain offers its experience and leadership to Commissioner Tzitzikostas for the future EU Sustainable Tourism Strategy

  Minister Jordi Hereu presented to the Commissioner the Spain Tourism 2030 Strategy as an example to follow for the future European tourism strategy, currently under development The European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism has valued very positively the Spanish tourism strategy Spain has offered to host the headquarters of the future European Tourism Academy

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  Industry | 2/26/2026

  Hereu defends a European internal market without barriers and with financial instruments that strengthen sectors and SMEs

  The minister insisted on the commitment to an industrially strong Europe, with instruments that reduce external dependency and strengthen key sectors. Spain supports the creation of the European Competitiveness Fund, designed to strengthen the strategic autonomy of the EU and which must take into account SMEs. The creation of added value in Europe is very important for Spain. The ultimate goal is to make the EU an attractive place for investment. The concept of local content is already being applied by the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. This is the Auto+ program of aid for the purchase of electrified vehicles. Vehicles assembled in Europe already receive more aid than those imported from third countries.

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  Tourism | 2/26/2026

  Planned seats for international flights for February reach 10M, 5.4% more than a year ago.

  Among the main markets, the United Kingdom experiences the highest growth for March, with an increase of 7.1% The United States, Ireland and the Czech Republic project an increase in seating capacity of more than 10% in this month This March stands out the acceleration of Turkey and Poland with a growth projection of more than 20% respectively